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IREPORT247NEW reported that a student who was attending King’s College Lagos passed away as a result of an outbreak of diphtheria that occurred at the school.
Diphtheria Outbreak – It has been reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) that there have been 1,319 deaths recorded as a result of diphtheria between the epidemiological week 19 of 2022 and the week 10 of 2025. This highlights severe gaps in vaccination coverage.
An epidemiological report that was published by the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on its official website on Sunday stated that there were 42,642 suspected cases documented across 37 states and 350 local government units (LGAs).
Out of them, 25,812 instances, or 60.5%, were confirmed, while 5,470 cases are still unclassified after further investigation.
A total of 96.3% of all suspected cases were found in the states of Kano, Yobe, Katsina, Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, and Jigawa, according to the report
Additionally, it was found that the majority of confirmed infections (62.9 percent, or 16,234 cases) occurred in children aged one to fourteen.
The fact that just 4,981 (19.3%) of the verified cases had gotten a full dose of a vaccine that contained diphtheria toxoid is deeply concerning.
Two states, Katsina (3) and Lagos (20), reported a total of 23 probable cases during epidemiological week 10 of 2025.
IREPORT247NEW reported that a student who was attending King’s College Lagos (KCL) Junior Secondary institution (JSS) has passed away as a result of an outbreak of diphtheria that occurred at the school.
As a result of the diphtheria epidemic that occurred at school, the Lagos State Government has officially acknowledged the death of the index case. At the same time, it has reported that 34 individuals who were close to the deceased student have been placed under monitoring.
It was also reported by the state government that 14 of the 34 individuals have displayed indications of the sickness.
IREPORT247NEW also reported that the administration of Lagos State initiated an emergency vaccination exercise for diphtheria, with the purpose of preventing the spread of the highly contagious disease among the students and staff of the King’s College Annex, which is located on Victoria Island. Read more https://ireport247news.com/2025/03/12/diphtheria-at-kings-college-govt-begins-vaccination/
According to the report, Vaccination Drives, Risk Communication, Case Management, Laboratory Testing, and Surveillance and Coordination are all part of the response measures that the NCDC has been putting into place.
All confirmed cases in 2024 were based on clinical symptoms rather than laboratory confirmation, and insufficient testing resources, particularly inadequate reagents and consumables for PCR testing on clinical samples, are some of the ongoing obstacles, according to the center. Another issue is the low test positivity rate.